Originally Posted by
nigel-harps1954
Simply listing areas where there are no teams is not going to magically fix any problems.
With a pyramid, you'd be allowing a team to grow naturally before they get any top division promotions, instead of a junior club jumping up into League of Ireland without ever building from the ground up, such was the case in Mervue and Salthill.
Any club who wants to build through the divisions would be building up their fanbase, their structures on and off the field, and their facilities (hopefully), as they climb through the divisions, giving them a chance to become a decent level club as they grow. The system we have at the minute doesn't allow for that.
If a club has ambitions to join the league of Ireland from junior level, they must be afforded the opportunity to build their club to the relevant standard, allowing for them to fall back somewhat gracefully if it doesn't work out for them, and not a shunt back to the bottom rung of their junior leagues.
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